Erm, thanks, Doru, but didn't you read just below your message: "I remembered the old filer from 2.6 days ..." ? :-)

>You may be surprized, but there is a Filer in FPD26 - look under System menu.
>It has the templates for files, and even allows to search for 3 different strings, and, unlike Windows Explorer, it works.
>The files foun are tagged with an arrow, and if they are PRGs you can click Edit, and the Filer will open all with MODIFY COMM.
>
>>Well Gorblimey, Nick. I never even knew I had that. I remembered the old filer from 2.6 days but I've never needed/come across this in 7. Just what I needed.
>>
>>Thanks, also to Jason
>>
>>Terry
>>
>>>Terry it should be in 7
>>>
>>>look in the help for filer
>>>
>>>try DO FORM (HOME(1) + 'Tools\Filer\Filer.scx')
>>>
>>>Nick
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Thanks Jason
>>>>
>>>>For the simple reason that I'm still on V7. Evevn if I were to order 9 today, it's today (now) I want to do the searching.
>>>>
>>>>Cheers
>>>>
>>>>Terry
>>>>
>>>>>Terry
>>>>>
>>>>>Why don't you use filer in VFP9?
>>>>>I use that whenever I need to find a text string.
>>>>>
>>>>>Regards
>>>>>
>>>>>Jason
>>>>>
>>>>>>I've go a dilemma in that looking at some old rubbish code (FPD26), tables are continually opened in specified work areas and closed. Now there's a table that I need to ensure I keep open throughout the app. I do:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Select 0
>>>>>>Use DefDirs
>>>>>>
>>>>>>But 0 returns 1, as this is the first table oppened. Within a heartbeat there is code to:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Select 1
>>>>>>Use Whatever
>>>>>>
>>>>>>and this happens (1 used) throughout this sorry suite of code.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>So it looks like my only recourse is to open DefDirs in a numbered area that won't get re-used.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Now AFAIK you can only use 25 work areas in FPD26. I was thinking of opening DefDirs in 25. But I need to check through this labyrynth of progs to check that 25 (or whatever) isn't used somewhere else (for the same lame reason).
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Anyone know of a readily-available tool that can search a bunch of files for a specific string?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>'ppreciate it
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Terry